Our experiences of dying have been shaped by ancient ideas about death and social responsibility at the end of life. From Stone Age ideas about dying as otherworld journey to the contemporary Cosmopolitan Age of dying in nursing homes...more details Format:Paperback Pages:297
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Allan Kellehear
ISBN:9780855723316
This is a book of inspirational quotations that are designed to provide hope, comfort and optimism. They are everyday meditations which provide a compassionate and thoughtful basis for our own reflections and can be pondered anywhere during the spare moments of our workaday world...more details Format:Paperback Pages:114
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Allan Kellehear
ISBN:9780855723095
Firstly, addresses the problem of facing one's own death through ageing or illness. Secondly, offers reflections on the place of death in modern society. Thirdly...more details Format:Paperback Pages:1160
This is a book to read on the train, bus or plane. Maybe you will read a page or two before bed at night or over coffee in the morning. This book contains important passages of hope that are truly wonderful. One or several of them will definitely brighten your day...more details Format:Paperback / softback Pages:88
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Allan Kellehear
ISBN:9780521517676
What is it really like to die? Though our understanding about the biology of dying is complex and incomplete, greater complexity and diversity can be found in the study of what human beings encounter socially...more details Format:Hardcover Pages:284
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Allan Kellehear
ISBN:9780521739054
What is it really like to die? Though our understanding about the biology of dying is complex and incomplete, greater complexity and diversity can be found in the study of what human beings encounter socially...more details Format:Paperback Pages:284